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Originally Posted by parallaxicality
Man, the religions of a planet with a sky like that would be something to behold. I think I would get vertigo just looking at such a sky. Natural philosophy would be kickstarted handily in such an environment; the people's wonder at their cosmos would be far greater than our own.
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I just re-read Clarke's 2010. The last few pages are about the mythology and science of the Europans and about what the sky looks like to them. Best pages of the book.
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"I am happy to report that once again the universe is doing just great, thank you, purring with perfection, ever-changing same as always. Light is still cruising along at 186,000 miles per second, and the expanding universe shows no signs of contracting. At this rate, it won't be long before they'll have to let the photon belt out another notch."
Swami Beyondananda's 2007 State of the Universe address
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